The Geelong Football Club is a football club in the Australian Football League (AFL). They play under the name 'Geelong Cats', and are based in the city of Geelong, a city of 190,000 people about 80 kilometres from Melbourne. They are the only current AFL team that is not based in a state capital city (although some may count the Fremantle Dockers and at one stage the Brisbane Bears were actually based on the Gold Coast).
The club is the second oldest football club of any code in the world, having being formed in the Victoria Hotel in 1859. Originally based at Corio Oval, Geelong moved to Kardinia Park in the 1940's. For many years they were known as the Pivotonians, after the city's nickname 'The Pivot', Seagulls was also an earlier nickname. They were nicknamed the 'Cats' in 1923.
Although being a relatively strong performer throughout the 1980s and 1990s (Grand Final appearances in 1989, 1992, 1994 and 1995), the Cats have been unable to win a premiership since 1963.
In 2004 they were placed fourth. A change from 2003 when they didnt make the finals. 2005 is a promising year with many young players and being a genuine premiership contender.
Theme song: "We are Geelong" (sung to the tune of the Toreador Song from Carmen).
Geelong is the type of city that a tourist brochure may associate with the words "gateway to....
Although Geelong has never appeared on any world tourism advertising for Australia, local residents seem to have a strange affection for their home town, which is reflected in their obscene love of the Cats.
In 1992 Geelong scored a League record of 37.17.239 in a one match and during the 1993 season, the club accumulated a league record of 3558 points.
The Cats had no answer for Bombers mid fielder Jason Johnson as he kicked a goal with his ninth kick for the quarter to put the game well and truly in their control as they went in at quarter time with a convincing twenty nine point lead.
The Cats suddenly were stung into action and they were able to put some pressure on the Bombers through the midfield as they kicked four goals in rapid succession to get within a kick of the Bombers at the eight-minute mark.
Geelong was able to quickly kick another as David Clarke kicked a great goal from the 50-meter arc to register the ninth goal for the quarter in the opening thirteen minutes.
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